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Who Dey Revolution Manifesto

Preamble

IN THIS TIME of perpetual Cincinnati Bengals incompetence and futility, with zero playoff wins in the nineteen seasons since the WhoDeyRevolution Godfather, Paul Brown, passed away in 1991 and handed the team to his fortunate son, the Despot, Mike Brown;

Introduction

WE, the members of the Who Dey Revolution, in our fervent dedication to the Cincinnati Bengals and fanatical desire to transform our hometown team into perpetual Super Bowl contenders, call for a popular revolution of fans to demand comprehensive reform to the managerial decisions and approach of Cincinnati Bengals ownership, management, staff and players, and hereby call for the adoption of the following Who Dey Revolution Manifesto:

Manifesto Demands

THAT the Mike Brown, Katie Blackburn, Marvin Lewis, along with every other member of the Bengals management, staff and personnel, state publicly to all Bengals fans, “I will do everything in my power to help the Cincinnati Bengals win a Super Bowl;”

THAT Mike Brown will hire a general manager, drastically expand the scouting department and relinquish all control of player personnel;

THAT all training, rehabilitation and medical facilities are considered best-in-class compared to other NFL teams;

THAT the management fill the team only with players who fit the system, both mentally and physically, and are not reluctant to makes changes to player personnel when needed, regardless of cost or loyalty concerns;

THAT offensive and defensive line depth is considered the top priority for all player personnel decisions;

THAT all decisions made by ownership, management, staff and players, both on and off the field, are judged only by this criterion: “Does this help the Cincinnati Bengals win a Super Bowl?”

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Andre Caldwell

October 22, 2009

The Bengals' DVOA rating slid once again,
as they now sit at twentieth in the league at a well below-average
-6.3%. According to the metric, defense and special teams have been the
main issues. While the defense has been overrated by fans, I'm not so
sure it's worse than the offense.

Passing the ball and defending the pass -- as well as the kicking
game -- are really hurting the ranking at this point. Unfortunately, I
don't see this changing defensively. With Antwan Odom on IR, the D will
struggle to get a consistent pass rush, which will further expose the
poor safety play and thin corner depth.

So far this season, Mike Zimmer has focused on stopping the
opposing team's number one target; this is shown in the number three
ranking against number one receivers despite Sunday's putrid
performance against Andre Johnson . Although Leon Hall has had a mostly
solid season, a lot of this has to do with Zimmer rolling zone coverage
toward the number one's side. Providing extra linebacker support allows
Hall to play back and defend the deep ball, but also leaves other parts
of the field vulnerable and makes the defense too dependent on the
safeties, who have defended running backs and slot receivers poorly.

August 03, 2009

Depth is often an afterthought in NFL conversations. The hype and
attention falls mostly on the stars, as they are the ones making the
biggest impact. When talking about the 2009 season for the Bengals,
most of us will discuss Carson Palmer's health and Chad Johnson's (or
Ochocinco's or Ocho Cinco's or Ocho y Cinco's or Ocho del Cinco's (just
kidding, I know the right one)) contentedness with his situation, and
it's easy to see why. These are the guys that get paid the most to
produce the most, and are the so-called "leaders" of the team; they're
treated as such by all of us.

But even though these stars are often vital to a team's success, there's much more to an NFL team than them.

July 23, 2009

I want to give Bob Bratkowski fair judgment. Trust me, I really do want
to. Unfortunately, other than Bob being a good offensive coordinator
when just about everything goes right, I can't quite understand what
the Bengals gained in bringing him back for another year following last
year's debacle.

In 2005, Cincinnati's offense peaked, finishing fifth in offensive DVOA, which led to the only playoff berth of Mike Brown's tenure as owner/GM/redeemer/competitor/themes-knocker-downer.
Bratkowski had the ideal tools to work with in the prototypical passing
offense: a strong-armed quarterback who stayed in the pocket (Carson
Palmer), an explosive receiver (Chad Johnson) along with a possession
one (TJ Houshmandzadeh) and a slot receiver (Chris Henry) with both the
speed and size to help in the redzone, a power running back (Rudi
Johnson) and a dominant offensive line. Quite frankly, a coordinator
would have a hard time bringing a unit with so much talent down.

Even though the offense dimmed slightly in 2006 and '07, it
remained the strength of the team. While the offensive line also
decreased in effectiveness and was no longer a top-five line,
Bratkowski still had the same basic package of players to work with,
and did a fine job with them.